H7875 שִׂיד (sîyd) seed

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

lime

Strong's Definition

lime (as boiling when slacked)

Derivation: from H7874 (שִׂיד)lemma שׂיד missing vowel, corrected to שִׂיד;

KJV Usage: lime, plaister.

TWOT Reference: 2254a

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) lime, whitewash

1a) made by burning bones

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

שִׂיד (sid) — lime. 1) lime, whitewash 1a) made by burning bones

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

שִׂיד (H7875)

noun m · שׂיד

Dust

lime = substance produced by burning limestone or other materials containing calcium; ► mixed with water to produce whitewash

ISA 33:12 · AMO 2:1

Paint

lime, plaster = lime mixed with water; ► painted on walls to make them white and cover ugly rough surfaces

DEU 27:2 · DEU 27:4

Reinier de Blois

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

שִׂיד n.[m.] lime, whitewash base

Bible Occurrences (4)

27:2 27:4

33:12

2:1

Deuteronomy 27:2

And on the day you cross the Jordan into the land that the LORD your God is giving you, set up large stones and coat them with plaster.

Deuteronomy 27:4

And when you have crossed the Jordan, you are to set up these stones on Mount Ebal, as I am commanding you today -, and you are to coat them with plaster.

Isaiah 33:12

The peoples will be burned to ashes, like thorns cut down and set ablaze.

Amos 2:1

This is what the LORD says: For three transgressions of Moab, even four, I will not revoke [My judgment], because he burned to lime the bones of Edom’s king.